Non-invasive biomonitoring of organic pollutants using feather samples in feral pigeons (Columba livia domestica)

González-Gómez, Xiana; Simal‐Gándara, Jesús; Fidalgo, Luis Eusebio; López-Beceiro, Ana María; Pérez-López, Marcos; Elena, María

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115672

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“…Overall, this implies that our method performs equally well to the established acid digestion approach. There are a few articles that have used acid digestion for the determination of PAHs in feathers [27,[29][30][31]. However, to our knowledge, there are no fully validated studies similar to ours that we can use to robustly compare data quality objectives.…”

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“…In one study, PAHs were extracted from the feathers of European storm petrels (Hydrobates pelagicus) using 15 mL of 37% HCl with an extraction solvent in an oven for 15 h [29]. Gonzalez-Gomez et al assessed PAHs in body feather samples of feral pigeons (Columba livia domestica) using ultrasound-assisted solvent extraction at 40 • C with a mixture of hexane-dichloromethane and HCl [30]. Zhao et al extracted PAHs from little egret (Egretta garzetta) chicks' feathers using 10 mL HNO 3 (69%) for digesting.…”

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Determining Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in Bird Feathers Using Pressurized Fluid Extraction

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Halldorson,

Xia

et al. 2023

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Due to their ease of collecting and transporting from the field and their ability to accumulate pollutants, bird feathers are increasingly being used as a non-invasive biomonitoring tool for environmental monitoring programs. Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) are a diverse class of environmental pollutants, and because of their deleterious impacts on biological species, monitoring these compounds in wildlife is of high importance. Current approaches to measuring PACs in bird feathers involve a time-consuming acid treatment with a concomitant solvent extraction step. Here, a validated method for measuring a suite of PACs in bird feathers using pressurized fluid extraction and identification and quantitation by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry is presented. Chicken (Gallus domesticus) feathers were purposely fortified with a suite of 34 PACs separately at three fortification levels and placed inside a pressurized fluid extraction cell containing silica gel/deactivated alumina to provide in situ clean-up of the sample. Except for anthracene and naphthalene, the accuracy of our method ranged for PAHs from 70–120% (irrespective of fortification level), and our intra- and inter-day repeatability was smaller than 28%. For APAHs, our accuracies ranged from 38–158%, and the inter- and intra-day repeatability was less than 35%. Our limits of detection and quantitation for both groups of compounds ranged from 0.5–13 and 1.5–44.3 ng/g, respectively. Overall, the developed method represents an effective and efficient approach for the extraction and quantitation of PACs from bird feathers that negated the need for the time-consuming and potentially harmful acid treatment.

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Determining Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in Bird Feathers Using Pressurized Fluid Extraction

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Halldorson,

Xia

et al. 2023

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“…Feral pigeons have been used as biomonitor species of organic-induced environmental pollution. González-Gómez et al ( 2020 ) have assessed levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, organophosphate pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and pyrethroids in body feather samples of feral pigeons observing the significant differences in age, location, and gender of birds. Different internal organs of birds can be used for research, and eggs, feathers, or blood can be tested as well (Hoff Brait and Antoniosi Filho 2011 ; Frantz et al 2012 ; Pei et al 2017 ).…”

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Profile of Heavy Metals and Antioxidant Defense in the Muscle Tissues of Pigeons (Columba livia f. urbana) from Anthropogenically Transformed Areas in the Pomeranian Region (Northern Poland)

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Tkachenko

Hetmański

et al. 2021

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol

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Pigeons can be successfully used as bioindicators of a contaminated environment. We studied the relationship between the functioning of the pro/antioxidant balance in muscle tissues (skeletal muscle and cardiac tissues) of pigeons (Columba livia f. urbana) living in areas with different levels of pollution (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Northern Poland). The current study demonstrated the impact of the environment with preferential high Pb contamination in soil and feathers of pigeons on the formation of adaptive redox mechanisms in muscle tissues. An increase in the intensity of lipid peroxidation (estimated by the TBARS level) accompanied by enhancement of the oxidative modification of proteins (aldehydic and ketonic derivatives) and an important decrease in the activity of antioxidant enzymes (SOD, CAT, and GR) in pigeon muscle tissue was observed. These changes in enzyme activities were dependent on the type of muscle tissue (skeletal muscle and cardiac tissues). Our results confirm the concept of the recalculation of the De Ritis ratio (AsAT/AlAT) in both types of muscles indicating the tendency to cardio- and hepatocellular damage and toxicity caused by heavy metals from the polluted environment.

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Quantitative analysis and contamination profiles of PCBs, OCPs, and PAHs in black-tailed gull eggs in the Republic of Korea

Chung

Lee

et al. 2022

Environ Monit Assess

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Non-invasive biomonitoring of organic pollutants using feather samples in feral pigeons (Columba livia domestica)

Cited by 15 publications

References 112 publications

Determining Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in Bird Feathers Using Pressurized Fluid Extraction

Determining Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in Bird Feathers Using Pressurized Fluid Extraction

Profile of Heavy Metals and Antioxidant Defense in the Muscle Tissues of Pigeons (Columba livia f. urbana) from Anthropogenically Transformed Areas in the Pomeranian Region (Northern Poland)

Quantitative analysis and contamination profiles of PCBs, OCPs, and PAHs in black-tailed gull eggs in the Republic of Korea

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